diff --git a/router/router.py b/router/router.py
index 3a02642..2423133 100644
--- a/router/router.py
+++ b/router/router.py
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ def route(rd, tier):
         result = select_best_gpu(candidates, "medium")
         if result: return result
     
-    # TIER 4: Heavy reasoning — large context or very long conversations → MoE first
+    # TIER 4: Heavy reasoning — Dense first (thermal), MoE fallback (192K/262K context)
     if t > 25000 or turns > 15:
-        candidates = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B","qwen3.6-27B-code","qwen3.5-9b-vlm"] if m in avail]
+        candidates = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-27B-code","qwen3.6-35B-A3B","qwen3.5-9b-vlm"] if m in avail]
         result = select_best_gpu(candidates, "heavy_reasoning")
         if result: return result